RSAA & SOAS Annual Presentation on Asia for Sixth Form Students

24th November 2011,

The Brunei Gallery, SOAS

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1

Programme

After each presentation there will be 5-10 minutes for questions

Programme Notes

Lord Mervyn Davies was chief executive and then chairman of Standard Chartered Bank. 
He was Minister of State for Trade Promotion and Investment. He is the Chair of the Council of the University of Wales, Bangor and a governor of the London School of Economics and a Trustee of the Royal Academy Trust.

Dr. Nibal Bouresli is Director of the Kuwaiti Cultural Office, U.K.
She taught media classes at Kuwait University’s Mass Communication Department after studying in the U.S.A. for undergraduate and Masters degrees and being awarded a Ph.D. degree Mass Communications.

James Fergusson has written about and reported from Afghanistan since the mid-1990s.
He is a former press spokesman for OHR, the Sarajevo-based body charged with implementing the Dayton Peace Accord that ended Bosnia's civil war in 1995. 
His latest book, Taliban, which calls for dialogue with the insurgents and a new approach in Afghanistan, has been translated into six languages.

Ahab Bdawi has travelled and lived in Iraq and Iran, attending seminaries in Qom.
He has a doctorate in Medieval Islamic Thought and Philosophy from the University of Exeter. 

James Willsher knows the editorial staff of many UK-based Asian broadcast, online and print news media, and representatives from all of Asia ’s populations in London. 

Mr. Adrian Steger is a member of Council of the RSAA and responsible for Junior Member and Schools activities

The following have kindly provided sponsorship to support this meeting:

• The Greville Trust
• Wolsey Neech Ltd.

For more information, please contact Adrian Steger